Pathogen Adaptations (HSC SSCE Biology): Flashcards
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Four steps pathogens need to cause disease
Four steps pathogens need to cause disease
Enter host, multiply, resist defences, damage host
Virulence factors
Virulence factors
Adaptations enabling pathogens to adhere, invade, and persist
What prions are made of
What prions are made of
Misfolded proteins
Three viral invasion mechanisms
Three viral invasion mechanisms
Receptor-mediated endocytosis, pore formation, membrane budding
Bacterial hair-like projections for adhesion
Bacterial hair-like projections for adhesion
Pili and fimbriae
Function of bacterial capsules
Function of bacterial capsules
Resist phagocytosis (being eaten by immune cells)
Fungal dimorphism
Fungal dimorphism
Switch from saprophytic mycelium to parasitic yeast form
Key feature of vector-borne transmission
Key feature of vector-borne transmission
Vector is not harmed by the pathogen
Symptoms faeco-oral pathogens induce for transmission
Symptoms faeco-oral pathogens induce for transmission
Vomiting and diarrhoea
Soil-borne pathogen adaptation to drying
Soil-borne pathogen adaptation to drying
Form endospores to resist desiccation